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Guess humans have a mating season after all.
I wonder where this info was gathered, because there are two things that stand out:
- There is some serious paraskevidekatriaphobia / aversion to the number 13 going on here - look at the line next to 13. Go to the NYT source, & you can see not a single 13th is more popular than any neighboring 12th or 14th. No other number shares that feature. Which makes me think at least some parents might have fudged the date forward or backward if they had a child on the 13th.
- Note the holidays that are unpopular - the 4th of July, the week where Thanksgiving falls (it can be any day, 22nd to 28th of November, depending on the year), the four days surrounding Christmas. These seem like statistical aberrations. I mean, you can plan a general time for a pregnancy to end, but to have these weeklong or 4 day or 2 day significant drops - that smells like fishy data to me.
It makes me think these birthdates must be self-reported in some fashion.
Relatedly, 104th most-common birthdate.
This cartoon will appear on the Citypages website some time this summer but you get the exclusive sneak peak faithful Tumblr followers! Go Twins!
… But what’s that innthe catcher’s glove?
Two pictures related to the Stone Arch bridge. I just finally read all the way through this pretty-informative .pdf on the Stone Arch bridge. (I like that knowing trivia on the Minneapolis riverfront falls into my job description.)
The silver platter was given to Jame J. Hill by his fellow investors in the Minneapolis Union Railway Co.; note the smaller images on the outside edge reference Hill’s earlier successes, which involved using oxcarts to pull a steamship up to burgeoning metropolis of Winnipeg, after it was opened to ‘white’ settlement. (See the platter in high detail here, or, presumably, at the MIA, as it’s part of the permanent collection.) Note the Washburn & Pillsbury A Mills & 1876 suspension bridge.
The second photo highlights the original, functional Union Depot - the whole rationale behind the bridge in the first place, to create a link from the east that didn’t require transit over the wooden suspension bridge at left.
And that rail line / bridge / depot contributed to transforming Minneapolis into the burgeoning metropolis we have today.
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Touch the Sky (Shire Theme)
K'Nuckles
K’Nuckles - Touch the Sky (Shire Theme)
Kanye West meets Lord of the Rings.
It’s possible to end this – in our lifetime. What we need are not slogans about African Illnesses, emotional appeals to Save Those In Need, or personal campaigns to Guilt Everyone Into Donating Money. My neighbors here in Senegal are working diligently to protect themselves from infection.
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Austin Post-Bulletin highlight on 3rd year volunteer Michael Toso http://postbulletin.com/news/stories/display.php?id=1494209 (via stompoutmalaria)
Keep up the good work, Mike!
(Source: tastefullyoffensive)
(Source: tastefullyoffensive)
I’ve always love the Grand Tetons.
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